weird pickup issue

[FanOfTheFunk]

so im kinda freakin out...a little. im selling my mark II, the guys on his way driving up from NYC, and a pickup just died!!!

the copper winding wire broke, but it still had a little magnetic pull. not like the pickups next to it though.

i pulled it out and tried to unwind once and re solder it back. thought i got it, but i didnt. once i put it back in, the pickups on either side, one to the left, and two to the right stopped working. then i really freaked out.

i pulled it back out. then connected the wires from the pickups on either side of the empty spot where the dead pickup was. then everybody worked again. (other then the one that was really dead).

this ever happen to anyone else, and why did it happen. the pickups on either side going dead i mean.

in any case. its the B, below middle C. i feel bad that it broke, but nothing i can do. thats whats up with old gear. i guess ill just have the guy pay me $10-$20 less then i was asking. i think thats far.